New Avengers #51

The cover shows some of the characters who could be contenders for the role of Sorcerer Supreme. Clockwise from top left I see Brother Voodoo, Scarlet Witch (the real 1, not Loki impersonating her in Mighty Avengers), Clea, Hood, Dr Doom, Ghost Rider (I believe Johnny Blaze), Magik, Dormammu and Hellfire (of the Secret Warriors).
But I don't believe Clea, Dormammu and Hellfire are contacted by the Eye of Agamotto in #53.

There are 2 art teams on this issue (and the next). The regular team of Billy Tan, Matt Banning and Justin Ponsor are helped out by Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend and Antonio Fabela. The GCD saves me the the job of identifying who did what. Chris Bachalo's mob did the Hood/Dr Strange segments in p1-2 and p6-12. Billy Tan covered the Avengers in p3-5 and p13-21 including the final page image of DrS.

This issue is split in another way too. The Marvel Chronology Project puts p1-5 immediately after last issue, but inserts a large gap before the rest of the issue (and #52-54). Hood (& Dormammu), Ms Marvel and Ronin do lots of stuff in that gap, as do the rest of the NAv. I tracked their activities halfway in my comments on #50, and I'll finish it here.

I left Hood in his own mini-series Dark Reign: Hood. After that the Punisher went after his gang in Pu#2-10. Then Hood attended 2 Cabal meetings in Mighty Avengers #24 in between which he had a gang war with Mr Negative in DR:MN#1-3.
Dormammu is behind the scenes in all those except Pu#5 where he gives Hood the power to resurrect loads of Punisher's old victims. But he also had some things of his own to do in X-Infernus #1 and Captain Britain & MI-13 Annual #1 where he appears with other Hell-Lords.

As in the 1st half Logan and Spidey are too busy to follow completely. But they are both are involved in the Time: 2099 event with Cap and Cage. Then Carol Danvers comes back from the 'dead' and resumes her Ms Marvel role in her #39-46 with help from her team (except Mockingbird) in ##40-43. She guests in Marvel Comics Presents #4 (Vanguard story) and then rejoins the whole team (missing Ronin this time) for Thing's wedding in Fantastic Four #569. Then Cap, Luke, Spidey and Wolvie are among the crowd in Hulk #601 interested to know if Bruce Banner has really lost his Hulkiness.

Dr Strange may have lost/given up his Sorcerer Supreme title in Annual #2 but he's still been a busy magician since then. I've previously tracked him as far as Wasp's funeral in Mighty Avengers #20. After that he repaired Thor's hammer in his #602 before Thing's wedding in FF#569.

Man-Thing débuted in Savage Tales magazine #1, had his own strip in Marvel Comics Presents #165-167, teamed up with Ka-Zar and Bobbi Morse (before she was Mockingbird) in Astonishing Tales #12-13, and had another tale in Monsters Unleashed magazine #5. Then he headlined Adventure Into Fear #10-19.
Jennifer Kale joined his cast in AIF#11.

Alias #22-23 told how Jessica Campbell had a crush on Peter Parker and was there when he was bitten by the radioactive spider in Amazing Fantasy #15. Her family were killed in a car crash and she was in a coma for 6 months, after which she was adopted by the Jones family and discovered her powers of flight and strength.
A backup tale in ASM#601 will tell how Jessica and Peter chat after this story arc is over. It will retcon her into a char in a panel in ASM#4 p12 watching Spidey fight Sandman. She will say that this inspired her to become superheroine Jewel.

Next issue will include a flashback showing how the Hood/Dr Strange/Wiccan fight developed.